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εὖ λέγεις, κἀμὲ ὁμόψηφον ἐν τούτῳ ἔχεις. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἅλις μὲν εἶχον βλασφημιῶν, ἅλις δὲ ἐλέγχων, τὸ τελευταῖον ἤδη ὁ Διοκλῆς ἔφη μηδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν θεμιτὸν εἶναι τῷ Βαγώᾳ μεταποιεῖσθαι φιλοσοφίας καὶ τῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ ἀριστείων εὐνούχῳ
γε ὄντι, ἀλλὰ τοὺς τοιούτους οὐχ ὅπως τούτων
ἀποκεκλεῖσθαι ἠξίου, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἱερῶν αὐτῶν καὶ
περιρραντηρίων καὶ τῶν κοινῶν ἁπάντων
συλλόγων, δυσοιώνιστόν τι ἀποφαίνων καὶ δυσάντητον θέαμα, εἴ τις ἕωθεν ἐξιὼν ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας ἴδοι
τοιοῦτόν τινα. καὶ πολὺς ἦν ὁ περὶ τούτου λόγος,
οὔτε ἄνδρα οὔτε γυναῖκα εἶναι τὸν εὐνοῦχον λέγοντος, ἀλλά τι σύνθετον καὶ μικτὸν καὶ τερατῶδες, ἔξω τῆς ἀνθρωπείας φύσεως.
Πάμφιλος
καινόν γε τὸ ἔγκλημα φής, ὦ Λυκῖνε, καὶ
ἤδη γελᾶν καὶ αὐτός, ὦ ἑταῖρε, προάγομαι τῆς
παραδόξου ταύτης κατηγορίας ἀκούων. τί δ᾽
οὖν ἅτερος ; ἆρα τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἤγαγεν, ἤ τι πρὸς ταῦτα καὶ αὐτὸς ἀντειπεῖν ἐτόλμησεν ;
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Λυκῖνος
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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